Location: Surrey, British Columbia
Job type: Full-time, permanent
Pay: $80,000 – $110,000 per year, depending on experience, plus up to 20% performance-based bonus
About the company
Our client is a vertically integrated commercial glazing fabricator and installer. They deliver curtain wall, window wall, storefront, and entrance systems on institutional, commercial, and high-rise residential projects across BC.
About the role
This is an estimating role with a client-facing edge. You’ll spend most of your time preparing competitive bids, and the rest representing the company to general contractors, consultants, and owners. They’re looking for someone with a solid technical glazing background and the personality to sit across the table from a customer. The rest they’ll train.
Day-to-day responsibilities
- Review tender documents, drawings, and specifications to identify scope, exclusions, and risk
- Perform takeoffs and prepare detailed cost estimates for curtain wall, window wall, storefront, and entrance systems
- Solicit and evaluate pricing from suppliers and subtrades
- Prepare and submit bid packages, RFIs, and clarification letters within tender deadlines
- Maintain the bid log and keep opportunity records current in the CRM
- Attend pre-bid meetings and site walks
- Follow up on submitted bids and track outcomes
- Price change order requests and review changes submitted by project managers
- Hand off awarded estimates to the project management team with a clear scope, budget, and assumption summary
- Review ongoing project margins and adjust bid assumptions accordingly
Client-facing responsibilities
- Attend sales meetings alongside the President to walk customers through tenders and scope
- Represent the company at 8 to 10 industry events per year
- Build and maintain relationships with general contractors, architects, and consultants
- Identify new bid opportunities through existing relationships
What we’re looking for
- Commercial glazing experience, hands-on or technical
- Approximately five years of estimating experience preferred
- Fluent English with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Outgoing, professional, and comfortable presenting to clients
- Sales aptitude, or the willingness to develop it
- Excellent computer proficiency (Excel, takeoff and estimating software, CRM)
- Ability to manage multiple bids against competing deadlines
What’s offered
- Training and development in areas outside your current experience
- Direct exposure to ownership and the senior leadership team
- Competitive compensation, with up to 20% performance-based bonus for hitting annual quotas/targets